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 Name ______________________________ Date ______________Class: __WH______ World War II: 1942-­‐1945 Directions: Write Today’s QQF Write each heading ‘title’ (underlined statement) into your ‘reading notes” & follow the rest of the directions: I. From 1939 to 1942, the Axis Powers dominated Europe, North Africa, & Asia (Select three statements to write as “Reading Notes”) A. In Europe 1. Germany used ____________________ tactics to dominate Eastern & Western Europe 2. England was wounded from German attacks in the _______________________________________ (Write ‘air attacks . . . ‘ ( complete the sentence into the notebook) B. . Hitler broke the __________________________________ Nonaggression Pact & marched into ___________________ REFLECTION QUESTION – WRITE QUESTION ON LEFT SIDE OF NOTE TAKING (WRITE COMPLETE SENTENCE AS AN EXAMPLE IN NOTEBOOK) One of the blitzkrieg tactics used . . . 1. TURNING POINT:. The Soviet Union & the Eastern Front = The Soviet victory at Stalingrad was a _________________________________ in World War II because the Russians began pushing towards _______________________ from the East by 1943 2. a. Meanwhile, the Soviet army stopped the German attack at Moscow & Leningrad in 1942 b. The Battle of Stalingrad i. The Soviets defeated the German army at the ________________________________________________ ( View the ‘video’ and write three notes relating to the Battle of Stalingrad) ii ( View the ‘video’ (Midway) and write two reading notes relating to the Battle of Midway) II. However, the Allied Powers began to turn the tide of the war in 1942 & defeated the Axis Powers by 1945 (Select four statements from the next 1-­‐3 to write as “Reading Notes”) (Write Reflection Question for ‘Pearl Harbor’ from power-­‐point) A. While the war was coming to an end in Europe, the Allies continued to fight the Japanese in the Pacific 1. The Battle of Midway, 1942 a. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the USA ________________________________ to the Pacific theater b. The Pacific war revealed a new kind of fighting by using ______________________________________________ c. The ______________________________________ in the war in the Pacific came at the Battle of __________________________ d. After Midway, the Allies began to ___________________________________________ controlled by Japan WRITE REFLECTION QUESTIONS (AS DIRECTED ON THE POWER-­‐POINT) B. The European Theater, 1942-­‐1945 1.. The German & Italian armies dominated Northern Africa, threatened the _____________________ & the ________ fields in the Middle East 2. North Africa & the Italian Campaign a. When the USA entered WWII, Stalin wanted the Allies to open a _____________________________________ & divide German army b. Instead, Britain & USA agreed to fight the Axis Powers in _______________________________________ (Stalin was _____________) c. The Allies defeated Germany at the Battle of _____________________________ in 1942 & then pushed the Axis Powers out of Africa d. American & British troops invaded ___________, took Sicily in 1943, seized Rome in 1944 3. In 1945, Mussolini was ____________________ & ________________________ by the Italian resistance (Select three statements to write as “Reading Notes”) & REFLECTION QUESTION 2. The Tehran Conference, 1943 a. In 1943, Joseph Stalin (USSR), Franklin Roosevelt (USA), & Winston Churchill (Britain) met in _______________________________ to coordinate a plan to defeat Germany b. At the Tehran Conference, the “___________________” agreed to open a second front to ____________________ the German army 3. America, Britain, and the Western Front a. D-­‐Day i. By 1944, the Allies decided to open a ___________________________________ by invading Nazi-­‐occupied ___________________ ii. Operation Overlord (called __________________) in June 1944 was the _________________________ land & sea attack in history iii. The ___________________________ invasion was deadly, but the Allied victory created a Western Front…and allowed the Allies to push towards _____________________________ from the West iv. At the same time, the _________________________________________ pushed from the East (Select three statements from 4-­‐6 to write as “Reading Notes”) & WRITE THE REFLECTION QUESTION FROM THE POWER-­‐POINT b. Forced to fight a ________________________ war, Hitler ordered a massive counter-­‐attack at the Battle of the Bulge…but ________ c. By March 1945, the Allies were fighting in Germany & pushing towards _____________________ 4. In February 1945, the “Big Three” met at the _______________________ Conference to create a plan for Europe after the war was over a. Stalin agreed to send troops to help the U.S. ______________________________________ b. They agreed to allow _____________________________________________________ (free elections) in nations freed from Nazi rule c. They agreed to ____________________________________________________ after the war d. They agreed to create & join a ____________________________________________ WRITE THE REFLECTION QUESTION FROM THE POWER-­‐POINT 5. As the Allies pushed into Germany & Poland, troops discovered & liberated concentration & ____________________________________ Write vocabulary of the “Holocaust” and a response to the following phrase in your reading notes WHILE YOU ARE VIEWING THE VIDEO : “Three more facts I learned about the Holocaust and the concentration & death camps today includes . . . “ 6. Victory in Europe a. In April 1945, the Soviet army _____________________________ Berlin b. On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed __________________________ c. On May 9, 1945, the German government signed an unconditional _________________________ to the Allies (Select three statements from 1-­‐ 3 to write as “Reading Notes”) & REFLECTION QUESTION While the war was coming to an end in ____________, the Allies continued to fight the Japanese in _____________ 1. Japan did not play by traditional rules in war 1. “_____________________________” pilots flew planes into ___________________________________ & aircraft carriers 2. Japanese soldiers refused to _______________________ & __________________________ Allied prisoners of war 2. Island Hopping Strategy a. The problem for the Allies was the __________________ & _____________________ it would cost to retake the thousands of islands the Japanese controlled in the Pacific b. The fight for _______________________________ took ____________________________ & cost 25,000 Japanese & 2,000 U.S. lives c. The U.S. developed an _____________________________ strategy to skip the heavily defended islands & seize islands close to Japan (Answer the question in your own words in the ‘reading notes’ section of paper d. From 1943 to 1945, the Allies took back the _________________________________ & were moving in on _____________________ 3. Despite losing control of the Pacific & withstanding ________________________ attacks, Japan ______________________ to surrender 4. By May 1945, the war in Europe was over & U.S. began preparing for a ______________________________________________ of Japan (Select four statements from 4-­‐8 to write as “Reading Notes”) & REFLECTION 5. The Manhattan Project a. In 1939, __________________________________________________ wrote U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt about the potential to build a __________________________ weapon b. FDR created a top-­‐secret program called the _____________________________________________ 2 c. In July 1945, the bomb was successfully ____________________ at Los Alamos, New Mexico during Project _____________________ d. In April 945, FDR died & his VP ____________________________________________ had to decide how to end the war in the Pacific 6. The Potsdam Conference, 1945 a. In July 1945, the Big Three met at the _______________________________________________________ to discuss the end of WWII b. Truman learned the atomic bomb was _________________ & issued the Potsdam Declaration to Japan: “______________________ or face _________________________________” -­‐ (Select three statements to write as “Reading Notes”) & REFLECTION-­‐ 7. Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Atomic Bomb a. When Japan refused to surrender, Truman ordered the bombing of _________________________________ on August 6, 1945 b. After _____ days, Japan did not surrender so a 2nd atomic bomb was dropped on ____________________________________ c. After the second atomic bomb, Emperor ____________________________________ agreed to a __________________________ 8. World War II was _______________ (Select two statements to write as “Reading Notes”) 3 Name ______________________________ Date ______________Class: __WH______ World War II: 1942-­‐1945 II. Conclusions: The Impact of World War II ■Russians in WWII lost more lives then . . . ■A) ■B) ■C) A. World War II was the biggest, most ___________________, & most impactful war in world history: 1. _____________________was destroyed by the war & lost its place as the _________________________________________ in the world 2. The ____________ & ______________ emerged as ________________________________ & rivals competing for influence in the world 3. A ______________________________________ was formed to replace the League of Nations to help promote peace 4. Colonized nation began to demand ______________________________________________ from Europeans (Select three statements to write as “Reading Notes”) & REFLECTION World War II Decision Making Activity By 1945, World War II was coming to an end. Germany surrendered in May and Japan had lost most of the lands it had conquered in the Pacific. The fighting became harder as the Americans came closer to Japan because many Japanese soldiers would rather die fighting than surrender. Japanese suicide pilots called “kamikazes” sank American ships by crashing their planes into them. It looked as though the Japanese would have to be subdued by a massive invasion. It would be difficult to attack Japan, an island country. An American invasion of Japan was planned for the fall of 1945. The invasion force would consist of some six million men. It was estimated that perhaps one million would be killed or wounded in the fighting that would take at least a year. Millions more Japanese are likely to die as well. In July, President Harry Truman was told that a secret atomic bomb had been successfully tested. There were only two bombs ready, and those bombs were quickly shipped to the Pacific. Truman wanted to end the war as quickly as possible. He faced the decision of whether to use the atomic bombs and, if so, where to drop them. I.
Assume the role of an advisor to President Truman. Given the situation in the Pacific in 1945, what is America’s biggest challenge? (Write using complete sentences for full-­‐credit) II. Brainstorm alternative courses of action and their consequences. Alternatives Positive Consequences (Result) 1. Negative Results: 2. III. Develop a plan of action. What should Truman do to end the war? Why? (OUTLINE YOUR 5-­‐ STEPS TO END WWII IN THE SPACE BELOW) 4 5